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Sunday, November 07, 2010

Arthur is a coroner obsessed with human bodies, dead or alive. Even while working in apublic mortuary full of corruption and decadence, he goes beyond the bureaucraticdiagnoses and makes a thorough reading of the bodies. The routine of his work is brokenby the arrival of bones found in a common grave. The body of a young woman causes aclash in the department: his supervisor, Dr Lara, maintains that the body is new, withoutany relation with the bones, taken as victims of the military regime. Arthur, afterexamining the body, insists that it has been around more than 30 years, and belongs to thegroup of bones and that, for some strange reason, remained preserved. A deadline isimposed: if the body is not identified within 24 hours, it will be buried as unclaimed.Arthur decides to investigate on his own the identity of that body. In police files, there isa case of a guerrilla extremely similar to the situation: Teresa Prado Nothe. Teresa'sdaughter Fernanda is traced, but to the surprise of the coroner, she says her mother isalive and proposes that Arthur meet her. Arthur accepts the invitation.

How I Ended This Summer(2010)Director: Aleksei PopogrebskyCountry:Russia

In this low-key suspense drama from Russia, Sergei (Sergei Puskepalis) and Pavel (Grigory Dobrygin) are two meteorologists working at a weather station in the frozen wastes of the Arctic. Sergei was been stationed there for several years; he's sullen, homesick and eager to return to his wife and family. Pavel is younger and enjoying his first adventure after leaving school, and prefers video games and music to Sergei's pastimes. One day, Sergei announces that he's heading out for a few days to go fishing, and Pavel is in charge of the station. While Sergei is away, Pavel gets a radio message with shocking news -- Sergei's wife and son have lost their lives in an accident, and a ship will be coming by to pick him up as soon as possible. However, given their remote location, it will take weeks for the ship to arrive, and when Sergei returns, Pavel lacks the courage to break the bad news to him. As Pavel struggles with the weight of this secret, Sergei becomes increasingly frustrated with the confines of life at the station; when he runs off again, Pavel is given strict orders to find him, and as he sets out to find his comrade, he wanders into territory that's home to polar bears who don't appreciate the presence of humans. Kak Ya Provel Etim Letom (aka How I Ended The Summer) was an official selection at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival.